Spirit Tea

Next, Su Ye walked out of the cave and played with Little Black and Little White for a while. After paying his respects at Daoist Qinghua's grave, he headed down the mountain.

Before leaving, he gave Little Black and Little White each a mutated ginseng root, telling them to eat it sparingly and that he would come see them again next time.

When Su Ye returned home, he saw that his parents were out. Perhaps they had gone to visit someone.

With nothing to do, Su Ye locked his bedroom door from the inside and flashed into the Immortal Spirit Space.

He went to the corner where the ginseng grew and began digging up the red mutated ginseng. Before long, he had two red mutated ginseng plants in his hands.

Maybe I should just give him a mutated ginseng root as a birthday gift... Su Ye thought, looking at the ginseng in his hands.

Then he shook his head and turned his gaze to several wild tea plants.

After growing for some time, the dense clusters of branches at the broken ends Su Ye had trimmed had grown quite a bit.

Su Ye's eyes lit up.

This is it! Su Ye thought.

He took a small bag out of his storage pouch and began picking the leaves.

After a little over half an hour, he had finished picking all the wild tea leaves.

Looking at the pile of tea leaves containing spiritual energy spread out on a wooden board before him, Su Ye's eyes flashed with satisfaction.

After leaving the Immortal Spirit Space, Su Ye found a large cast-iron pot and placed it in his courtyard. Then he gathered a few bricks and stacked them into a simple stove.

He scrubbed the iron pot clean and placed it on the stove, then found a few pieces of firewood, put them in the firebox and lit them.

After preheating the pot for a while, Su Ye took out the tea leaves from the space. He put some in the pot and began stir-frying them.

After about ten minutes, Su Ye scooped the tea leaves out of the pot and set them aside, then poured in another batch of fresh leaves and began stir-frying them.

Taking advantage of a little free time, Su Ye put the stir-fried leaves into a large basin and began rolling them.

Once he had rolled the stir-fried leaves into long, thin strips, he switched to another batch and began rolling those.

After rolling all the tea leaves, Su Ye dismantled the stove and put the large pot into his storage pouch.

Su Ye's storage pouch contained many everyday necessities, all of which he had bought on his last trip to Myanmar with Xiao Xiao to buy jadeite.

Su Ye put all the rolled tea leaves into the Immortal Spirit Space, spread them out on wooden boards to dry, and then left the space.

The next day, Su Ye went to check on the fields as usual, fed the pigs and walked the dogs.

When he returned home for lunch, he brought back a bag containing about two jin of tea leaves and handed it to Father Su.

"What's this? Tea leaves?"

Father Su looked at the bag Su Ye had handed him and spoke.

"A friend of mine brought this rare stuff back from overseas. I made a point of asking for a bag so you could have a taste!"

Su Ye made up a reason on the spot.

Several days had already passed inside the Immortal Spirit Space, and the tea leaves Su Ye had rolled and left there to dry were ready.

This batch had yielded about ten jin of tea. Su Ye had already brewed and drunk some, and the flavor really was beyond praise.

Brewed with spiritual energy water, the tea had a distinctive fragrance.

One light sip seeped into the heart and spleen. The flavor was mellow and sweet with a touch of astringency, and the faint fragrance of tea lingered on the tongue, carrying its aroma down the throat and into the stomach.

Even Su Ye, who had never been fond of tea, had fallen completely in love with it after his first sip, let alone people who were hooked on tea.

"I'll brew you a cup. I guarantee you won't be able to put it down!"

With that, Su Ye took the tea leaves into the living room and fetched a cup. After putting some leaves in it, he went to the water dispenser, turned on the hot water and began brewing the tea.

When the spirit tea met the steaming hot spiritual energy water, it unfurled like a flower.

Just then, Father Su walked into the living room. Watching Su Ye bustle clumsily about as he brewed the tea, he could not help asking curiously:

"You make it sound so amazing. Is it really that good?"

Without turning his head, Su Ye replied:

"Hehe, I guarantee you won't be able to forget it after you've had a taste!"

Su Ye let the brewed tea sit for a while, then carried it over to Father Su and said:

"Here, have a sip and try it, but be careful, it's hot!"

Father Su took the spirit tea, held it under his nose and sniffed it. "It really does seem good. It smells wonderful!"

Then he blew gently on it and took a sip.

"Hm? It's delicious, really wonderful! What a remarkable flavor!"

After taking a sip, Father Su widened his eyes and gave Su Ye a thumbs-up.

"Hehe, I told you so!"

Su Ye smiled smugly.

"This tea must be worth a lot of money!"

Father Su asked.

"Don't worry, Dad. A very good friend gave it to me. If you like it, I'll ask him for another couple of bags next time I visit!"

"No, no need. If I drink this bag sparingly, it'll last me a long time."

Father Su hurriedly waved his hand.

"Come on, Dad, drink as much as you like. There's no need to save it. If it comes to it, I'll bring some back from overseas for you myself!"

Su Ye spoke. In the end, Father Su simply didn't want to burden his son too much.

"Oh, right, Dad, the watermelons I grew sold out a little while ago. My share came to more than ninety million!"

Su Ye felt it was time to give his family some idea of what was going on, except for the secret of the space and his identity as an immortal cultivator. Otherwise, if his parents still worked hard and toiled all day, there would not be much point in his earning so much money.

"What? More than ninety million? Were you growing watermelons or money?"

When Father Su heard that the watermelons Su Ye had grown had sold for more than ninety million, he could not help standing there in a daze!

"It's true, I'm not lying to you! Look if you don't believe me."

Su Ye took out his phone and showed Father Su his bank balance. That long string of zeros before the decimal point was an astonishing sight.

Father Su took the phone and looked. It was his first time seeing such a long string of numbers, and he could not help frowning as he began to count them!

After confirming it, Father Su beamed as he sipped his tea and said to Su Ye:

"Little Ye, you've really grown up! But you still have to remember: no matter what, you must never do anything illegal or against the rules. You must always be an upright person!"

"I know, Dad!"

"Oh, and I'll transfer another five million to you and Mom. It's time we gave our house a different style!"

Su Ye said to Father Su with a smile.

"All right, we'll do as you say!"

This time, Father Su did not refuse again. Instead, he agreed to Su Ye's wishes.

Su Ye then transferred five million to Father Su.

"What kind of new house do you want?" Father Su asked.

"Anything's fine with me. You can decide!" Su Ye said.

Their family home was a little old, but it was not so old that it needed to be replaced with a new one.